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Noun Concept
Categories: Human head and neck, Wikipedia articles incorporating text from the 20th edition of Gray's Anatomy (1918)
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false vocal cord  false vocal fold  superior vocal cord  ventricular fold  vestibular fold
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Either of the upper two vocal cords that are not involved in vocalization WordNet 3.0
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Either of the upper two vocal cords that are not involved in vocalization WordNet 3.0 & Open English WordNet
The vestibular fold is one of two thick folds of mucous membrane, each enclosing a narrow band of fibrous tissue, the vestibular ligament, which is attached in front to the angle of the thyroid cartilage immediately below the attachment of the epiglottis, and behind to the antero-lateral surface of the arytenoid cartilage, a short distance above the vocal process. Wikipedia
Two folds of tissue located in the larynx that vibrate when air passes over them, producing the sound waves associated with talking and singing. Wiktionary
Folds of tissue. Wiktionary (translation)